Ironing-board.



G. G. CARR.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1912.

1 ,O82,4;O8, Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

amen cw Geo/ ye Ulizziozz Carr sa 5m GEGR-GE CLINTON CARE, U1? NELFSON, KENTUCKY.

IRONING-BOARD.

A. alication filed August 20, 1912.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Patented cc. i233, lilo.

Serial no. mecca To all who 111, 52? may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon C. CARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at llelson, in the county of lutuhlenberg and State oi lllentuclzy, have invented new and useful Improvements in ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in ironing boards.

in carrying out my invention it my purpose to construct an ironing board provided with a collapsible support which may be readily set up to support the board, and which may be easily and quickly tolded against the board to occupy a comparatively small space when the board is not in use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision with an ironing board, of a support which may be readily adjusted so as to sustain the board at various heights to accommodate various operators.

With the above recited objects in view and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement oil parts set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board constructed in accordance with the present invention, and showing the same in its set up position. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional view taken approximately upon the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the board with the support folded thereon.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary ironing board, the same being provided adja cent its rear or larger end, and upon its under face with a transversely arranged ledge 2 which terminates a slight distance away from the longitudinal edges of the said board. The ledge 2 is formed adjacent its lower face, and upon its opposite ends with rounded extensions 3, the same forming trunnions for a pair of forwardly extending legs at. Centrally connected with the leg members 4-, and through the medium of a transversely extending rung 5, is a second pair of leg members (3. The pairs of leg members t and (3 respectively, are approximately in the form of an X in side elevation, when the support is in a set up positio-n. lThe upper extremity of the leg members 6, or the ends thereof lying directly beneath the board 1, when the slllfifll't is set up, are connect d through the medium of a transversely arranged member 7. the said me: ber being centrally provided with a depre 'on 8 which is adapted to receive a longitudinally extending strip 9 attached to the under t ace oi he board 1, and to *ming a bearing strip for the board. The opposite ends of each of the pairs of leg members 4t and (3 are connected through the medium of suitable rungs 10 and 11, respectively, and pivotally connected with the rung 11 is a pair of spaced leg sustaining members 12 and 18, respectively. Each of these members comprises an elongated substantially rectangular element, and each of the said elements formed adjacent its free end with a plurality of spaced depressions or notches 1a, which extend inwardly from the under edges of the said members, and which are also adapted to cooperate with the rung 10 to sustain the legs in proper spaced position, and the board 1 at a proper height with relation to the floor upon which the legs are arranged. The opposite edges of the members 12 and 13 are provided with depressions l5, and these depressions are adapted to engage with the rung 5 when the legs and sustaining members are in a folded position, as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawing.

From the above description, it will be noted that the parts have been generally described as when the device is in its set up position, and from the said description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity, durability and cheapness of the structure, as well as the method of setting up the board support, or collapsing the same, will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention,what I claim is An ironing board having a centrally arranged longitudinally extending bearing strip upon its under face and being provided with a transversely arranged ledge, the ends of which being formed with trunnions, forwardly extending leg members pivotally connected with the trunnions and having their free extremities connected by arod, rearwardly extending leg members having their upper ends connected by a transversely arranged member which is centrally provided with a slot that is adapted to receive the strip of the board when said board is in active use, a rung member centrally connecting the le members, a rung connecting the lower extremities of the rearwardly extending leg members, a pair of leg sustaining members pivotallyconnected with the last named rung and extending longitudinally of and in parallel relation with the board, each of said members having their bottom longitudinal edges adjacent the for ward ends thereof provided with a plurality of registering notches which are adapted to engage with the rung connecting the for- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner wardly extending leg members, and the said sustaining members having their upper longitudinal edges at a point rearwardly of said notches formed with depressions adapted to receive the connecting rung of the leg members when the legs are folded against the board.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE CLINTON CAB Witnesses D. L. YOUNG, P. D. HARVEY.

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Washington, D. C. 

